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Amos 3:8 KJV
Amos · chapter 3 · verse 8
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?Amos 3:8 · King James Version
Amos 3:8 in context
6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- roaredshâʼagto rumble or moanH7580 →
- spokendâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- lionʼărîya lionH738 →
- fearyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
- GODYᵉhôvih{YHWH}H3069 →
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The scope of these verses is to convince the people of Israel that God had a controversy with them. That which the prophet has to say to them is to let them know that the Lord has something to say against them, Amo 3:1. They were his peculiar people above others, knew his name, and were called by it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8